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I recently reffed a junior game, U14, which was a local side vs a touring side from the NE. In a bad tempered game I yellow carded a blue player for kicking a red player( could have been a red one I know) Immediatly 2 coaches ran on and asked(demanded) that I allow a player on as sub for the carded player as it was a tour game and did not matter, I said no and asked them to leave the field. I then had 20mins of stick from parents and coaches alike. If I had allowed the player sub I felt I would
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Today I had to go to Croydon for a U12 game followed by the U16. I'm getting sick, or hopefully on the tail end which kind of sucks, but I'm just pushing through it. My thoughts on the U12 game, man can those kids whine, after asking, telling, finally once they got PK'd did they stop. Other than that positive remarks from both coaches. I did make one law error that was brought up, I gave a 20m optional instead of a 20m dropout for a ball that went out on the full off a PK, not game changing
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as the season draws to a close I have just 1 annoying point and that is travel .
I currently hold a level 11+1 and have enjoyed games this year ranging from 15 to a high level 9 .
My gripe is that my society think that its ok to send me on a almost 100mile round trip to referee an level 12 match .
My argument is first the cost in petrol and secondly at this level there must be a nearer referee ?
I attempt to include "common sense " while reffing but after complaining
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Today I had my first rugby league game. It was a U14 boys game. I found that in the first half I was trying to break a lot and a few times had to remind myself to get back 10. The interesting thing is that my game started with a kickoff and the team recieved it and were tackled into the in goal, so we started with the goal line dropout. At half I had a referee coach watching me, and he asked if I was enjoying it. I then gave him my self assessment, which he was surprised on, which was I needed
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Can anyone please tell me in which year the rules were changed so that a kick straight into touch resulted in a line-out in line with where the kick was taken from rather than where the ball crossed the touch line, except where the kicker was inside his own 25 (as it was then)?